Scientific modelling is showing that our world will become at least 2.5°C warmer than pre-industrial levels by the turn of the century, and researchers are calling to make climate change adaptation stronger.
Following last week’s COP29, Monash Business School’s Green Lab is hosting a series of roundtables, which will explore the challenges of adapting to a world impacted by catastrophic climate change.
In collaboration with the US National Academy of Public Administration, the roundtables will feature global adaptation experts and explore current work on adaptation by Australian and international leaders from government and industry. Register to attend.
Monash experts are available to discuss what living in a world more than 2°C warmer than pre-industrial levels could look like.
Associate Professor Anita Foerster, Director of Green Lab, Monash Business School
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“The international climate meeting in Baku delivered far, far less than is needed at this point in the climate crisis.
“The goals of the Paris Agreement are slipping further from reach. This does not mean we should abandon efforts to reduce emissions; indeed more leadership and action from rich countries, particularly fossil fuel producers like Australia, is urgently needed. But it does also mean that we need a renewed focus on adapting to the impacts of a warmer, far more dangerous climate and stemming the loss and damage that it will inevitably bring.
“This roundtable series is designed to take stock of some of Australia’s biggest climate change adaptation challenges and contribute to a growing conversation about living in a warmer, more dangerous climate.”
Dr Michael Spencer, Green Lab affiliate, Monash Business School
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“We will all pay for the cost of climate change; whether in our insurance premiums, taxes or the prices we pay for goods and services. While, as COP29 revealed, the cost of adaptation may seem immense, it is still less than the cost of loss and damage we will all suffer if we do nothing. We can all see what is coming from the extreme events and slow-moving disasters that have occurred over the past few years. It is time to take adaptation more seriously.
“There are many challenges with adaptation; we don’t know exactly how things will evolve, we do know that incremental changes won’t be enough and we need to consider transformational change, there are multiple levels of impact that will reach down to how we live, our mental health and natural systems, unlike mitigation that can be focused on global targets, adaptation requires decentralised bottom-up approaches that build collaboration.
“These roundtables will contribute to building a network of researchers and practitioners in Australia and internationally working on adaptation and sharing learning on pathways forward. It will add to a considerable body of research already available on adaptation.”
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